Dispensing receptacle



May l, 1928.

B. O. RHODES DISPENS ING RECEPTACLE Filed April 4, 1925 10 i f e /NVENTOR Patented May 1, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERT O. RHODES, F KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 JAY B. RHODES COMPANY, OF XALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

DISPENSING RECEPTACLE.

Application filed April 4, 1925,.- Seral No. 20,658.

This invention relates to improvements in dispensing receptacles.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved dispensing receptacle or bottle by means of which lubricant may be conveniently handled, as at service stations or the like, and conveniently delivered or discharged to the crank case or other lubricant receptacle of a motor vehicle, the rate of discharge being controlled.

Objects relating to details and economies of construction and operation will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the following specification. The invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the claim.

Astructure which is a preferred embodiment of my inventionV is clearly, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this application, in which:

Fig. I is a side elevation partially in vcrtical central section of a dispensing can or bottle embodying the features of my invention.

Fig. II is a fra mentary vertical section of a slightly modified form of' my invention.

Fig. III is a fragmentary view partially in vertical section of another modified form or embodiment of my invention.

In the drawing similar reference characters refer to similar parts in all of the views.

Referring to the drawing, the receptacle l is of such size as to contain the desired amount of lubricant or the like, the filling line being indicated by a bead 2.

Above this filling line the receptacle has a neck comprising a tapered spout 3 and a cylindrical portion l at the base of: the spout with an annular bead-like enlargement 5 between the spout portion and this cylindrical portion. This provides an effective hand hold for grasping the bottle.

The spout terminates in a cylindrical portion 6 threaded at its inner end, as 7, to receive the protecting sleeve 8. This protecting sleeve has an inturned flange 9 projecting into the spout, a packing 10 being arranged within the flange at the end of the spout to further protect the same, the object of the protecting sleeve being to prevent chipping or breaking the neck as the bottle is manipulated to introduce the spout into nection with the discharge spout of' a Ineasuring pump7 the spout being of' such diameter that the bottle may be filled by means of a measuring pump from which the lubricant is discharged with considerable force.

This is permitted by means of a vent which, in theembodiment shown in Fig. I, comprises an opening l1 formed in the bead 5, a cork 12 being inserted into the opening, the cork carrying a vent tube '13 having a flared inner end 14. Thus positioned, the vent may be easily fingered or controlled in the discharging of the contents of' the receptacle and it is so positioned that the lubricant is not discharged therethrough on the filling of the receptacle.

In the modification shown in Fig. II, the vent tube l5 is not flared. A flared tube serves to somewhat prevent the'liquid working by capillarity to the vent opening.

In the modification shown in FigIII, the vent opening 16 is formed directly in the bottle, that is, it is of' proper sizeso that no cork or vent tube are employed. This is also a very satisfactory construction.

In this modification of Fig. III, the neck 17 is of a general conical form, the bead-like enlargement 1S being in the same general relation as in the other embodiments illustrated. The neck, however, terminates in a metal spout 19, kthe neck having a cylindrical threaded portion 20 upon which the spout is'threaded. This structure, however, has the disadvantage of being somewhat more expensive to produce than the other embodiments, but it has the advantage that the part of' the bottle most likely to be broken in use is here formed entirely of metal.

My improved dispensing cans or receptacles are, however, very simple and economical in structure and very efficient in use.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

A glass dispensing` receptacle having an integral neck of such diameter as to permit the filling of the receptacle therethrough as by means of a measuring pump and having a side opening independent of the mouth of the neck, a cork in said opening, and a vent tube disposed in said cork to project into the receptacle and having a flared inner end.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

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